(19)
(11) EP 1 202 386 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/18

(21) Application number: 01660171.8

(22) Date of filing: 14.09.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01Q 9/04, H01Q 5/00, H01Q 1/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.10.2000 FI 20002376

(71) Applicant: Nokia Corporation
02150 Espoo (FI)

(72) Inventor:
  • Talvitie, Olli
    33230 Tampere (FI)

(74) Representative: Pitkänen, Hannu Alpo Antero et al
Patent Agency Pitkänen Oy, P.O. Box 1188
70211 Kuopio
70211 Kuopio (FI)

   


(54) Radio device and antenna structure


(57) A radio device and an antenna structure, wherein a groove (103) provided in a planar radiator (110) of the antenna is used to generate resonances for different frequency ranges, enabling the generation of more than one separate frequency ranges and at least one frequency range covering several mobile communication system bandwidths used. The groove (103) is implemented on the planar radiator (110) such that at least part of the groove is located between a feed point (101) and a ground point (102).






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